Dauphin Post Office, 1912
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from the Dauphin Post Office, Dauphin Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 16, 1912, at 8 A. M. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]
Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck
“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]
Harrisburg – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the gunshot […]
Sunbury – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the […]
Proposed Railroad from Clark’s Valley to Dauphin, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, January 19, 1906: BAYARD TIMBER TRACT SOLD The Bayard Timber Tract in Clark’s Valley, consisting of 4,000 acres, has been purchased by the Shamokin Lumber Company, […]
Some Fires In Vicinity of Woodside Station
Firefighters work to contain and extinguish a mountainside fire on the north side of Berries Mountain, near Woodside Station in 1935. This fire was one of many that occurred in […]
Elizabeth [Bowman] Lyter (1814-1906) – First Woman of Enders
MRS. JOSEPH P. LYTER – FIRST WOMAN RESIDENT OF ENDERS, PASSES AWAY Mrs. Elizabeth Lyter, of whose illness mention was made by our Enders correspondent last week, has since passed […]